Edmund F. Figiel

Mr. Figiel was born in Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 26, 1924, and had been a lifetime resident of Elmira.

After attending school in Elmira, he worked for Standard Products for 35 years, retiring in 1987. He loved the outdoors, gardening, fishing, hunting and camping. He was a member of St. Thomas parish in Elmira.

On June 11, 1955, at St. Mary Church in Gaylord, he married Anna Mankowski. The couple celebrated 56 years of marriage.

Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 12, at 11 a.m. from St. Thomas Church in Elmira with the Rev. Polycarp Mblanawa officiating. Burial will take place in the spring at St. Thomas Cemetery.

Visitation at the Nelson Funeral Home was Sunday, Dec. 11, from 4 to 8 p.m. and on Monday, also at the funeral home, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. A parish rosary was offered Sunday at 5 p.m.

Mr. Figiel was preceded in death by his daughter, Barbie in 1962; and his son, Eugene in 2000.